REVISITING IMPLICIT CHANGE

Project description As an undergraduate researcher interested in social cognition, I wrote this literature review to better understand a central debate in implicit social cognition: Are implicit impressions truly “sticky,” or can they be updated under certain conditions? This manuscript reviews empirical studies published between 2000 and 2023 on implicit impression updating, with a focus on when change occurs, how it happens, and whether those changes persist over time. Across the reviewed evidence, I highlight the roles of diagnostic information, believability, reinterpretation, and ecological/contextual constraints, and discuss why these findings may require a revision of traditional dual-process explanations. Status: Undergraduate review manuscript shared for open discussion and learning (not peer-reviewed).